[quote=Ashgan]
About armies; is there a good reason to have soldiers levied at the start of the game? We already went over that they don't farm and don't pay taxes, so is there any major disadvantage to having mostly token armies until you need them, and then levy en masse?
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It would only be wise to have a large amount of levies raised if you were expecting trouble at the game's very start, or wanted to [i]start[/i] trouble at the game's very start.

But otherwise, as in the times, there's no need to have any of your soldiers raised if you're not in a conflict.